He totally tried to take credit away from Praneet and undermine his actions. I am glad Praneet confronted him right away on his words and he right away back tracked and tried to spin it in another way.
When Upen was praised for looking for the batteries in the cow dung, he also tried to show Upen in a bad light by saying that Upen was just trying to get in the good books of others. I am just glad that no one listened to him and appreciated Upen. I was happy to see Gautam be thankful for Upen.