Sycophancy is the word that comes to my mind. Thousands get engaged and married everyday. Do you go around congratulating everybody? How is Deepender any special?
This is the problem with Indians. You carry your elected officials on our heads. Why? Hes not royalty. Hes a public servant. "Janta ka naukar" as I would say in saadharan bhaasha!
This is reality and no one wants to admit it. Kyunki kal ko shayad koi kaam padd sakta hai!
Sir, without being disrespectful, aapne saari umar vardee pehni hai. Thoda hunar aur robb dikhaiye! Jab saari zindagi leader aaye aur leader gaye lekin aapki vardee wahin ki wahin rahi to ab kyun auron ke saath jhuk rahe ho!
Others falling over each other to congratulate a politician can be expected. Not from you and other senior army officers on the forum.
As far as Deepender's personal matters of the past are concerned, I would not say anything about it because I can understand such things hurt. No matter what, it is a painful episode in his and his his family's life. Out of personal decency I would not talk about it whether its Deepender Hooda or its some Deepender Dahiya.
I do not know you personally. But, the ten people I know on this forum, half of them are fakes. And when they go badhahi ho badhai, I think Deepender understands how fake they are. Otherwise he wont be where he is.
I do not know Deepender. So I wont join the mad rush of congratulating an unknown person. If he was my friend, I would have shown him some respect and would have taken this opportunity to express my wishes privately.