Shyama Charan Gupta meets Akhilesh Yadav

Mr. Shyama Charan Gupta contested the parliamentary elections for the first time from Banda as an Independent candidate in 1984 and stood third. His second parliamentary election was from Allahabad in 1991 on BJP ticket. He lost to Janata Dal's Saroj Dubey by 5,196 votes. In 1996, he campaigned for Murli Manohar Joshi only to challenge him in 1998 Lok Sabha elections as Samajwadi Party candidate. After losing the poll, he shifted to Banda (Lok Sabha constituency) in 1999 general elections.