Rekha Gupta had been associated with RSS for 32 years. She began her political journey with the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) at Delhi University’s Daulat Ram College in 1992. In 1995-96, she was the secretary of the Delhi University Students’ Union and was its president in 1996-97.
In 2002, she joined the BJP and has been the national secretary of the party’s youth wing.
Gupta has also served as the BJP’s women wing in charge in Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh. She is also the national vice-president of BJP Mahila Morcha. After being elected as a councillor from North Pitampura in 2007.