At Atal Bihari Vajpayee Bhawan in the city, Upadhyay was remembered at a function organized by Booth 81 under Dispur LAC. A memorial meeting was held on the occasion where State BJP secretary Dipluranjan Sarma spoke on the ideology and philosophy of Upadhyay who was the founder general secretary of Ja Sangh. Upadhyaya, Sarma said, had worked for the Bharatiya Jata Sangha since its inception till his death.