 Gupta, who suffered many defeats at the hands of Deshmukh, yet continued to have great respect for him and called him 'Nana Phadanvis '.His relations with Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia changed the course of Indian politics.Once he invited Lohia in BJS "karaykarta sammelan" where he met Upadhyaya for the first time and this association brought the BJS closer to other socialist parties in exposing the Congress and its misrule.