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Gopal Shetty | |
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| Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha | |
| In office 15 May 2014 – 03 June 2024 [1] | |
| Preceded by | Sanjay Nirupam |
| Succeeded by | Piyush Goyal |
| Constituency | Mumbai North |
| Majority | 4,46,582 (47.18%) |
| MLA, Maharashtra Legislative Assembly | |
| In office 2004–2014 | |
| Preceded by | Hemendra Mehta |
| Succeeded by | Vinod Tawde |
| Constituency | Borivali |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 31 January 1954 Bombay, Bombay State, India |
| Political party | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| Children | Rakesh Shetty, Jyoti Shetty, Tushar Shetty |
| Residence(s) | Mumbai, Maharashtra, India |
| Website | gopalshetty |
Gopal Chinayya Shetty is a Mumbai based Mangalore origin Indian politician. He is a member of parliament from Mumbai North. Previously, he was a 2 terms Member of Legislative Assembly (MLA) from the Borivali Vidhan Sabha constituency and 3 terms Corporator of Brihanmumbai Mahanagar Corporation (BMC) from 1992-2004. He is currently the Member of Parliament for Mumbai-North constituency.[2]
He was the president of the Mumbai unit of Bharatiya Janata Party.[3]
He has also served the Bharatiya Janata Party in various capacities from Mandal secretary to the president of Mumbai BJP.
In 2016, Shetty surrendered public land, including the Poinsur Gymkhana, Kamla Vihar Sports Complex, and Veer Savarkar Udyan plots, which had been directly or indirectly placed under his control.[4][5]
Gopal Shetty, The BJP candidate won the 2019 Indian general elections in the North Mumbai constituency, defeating Congress party (INC) candidate Urmila Matondkar by an impressive margin of 465,247 votes. This victory set a record for the highest number of votes received by any candidate in Maharashtra during the 2019 elections.[6][7]
He has taken active participation in all the initiatives of PM Narendra Modi. Mumbai Local trains are lifeline of Mumbai and Borivali is a major junction which is starting point for Western Railway locals and stopping point for all the major long distance trains. Gopal Shetty was active in implementing various facilities for travelers like escalators, elevators and Foot over Bridges (FOB's) at Borivali Railway Station.
- ^ title=Mumbai North MP Gopal Shetty To End Parliamentary Journey With Tribute To Lord Rama And Citizens| url = https://web.archive.org/web/20240601021626/https://www.freepressjournal.in/mumbai/mumbai-north-mp-gopal-shetty-to-end-parliamentary-journey-with-tribute-to-lord-rama-and-citizens
- ^ "Denied Lok Sabha ticket, Mumbai BJP MP Gopal Shetty says 'such shocks are not new'". The Indian Express. 14 March 2024. Retrieved 22 April 2024.
- ^ "Gopal Shetty replaces Chavan as BJP's Mumbai chief". daijiworld.com. Retrieved 26 June 2018.
- ^ "BJP MP Gopal Shetty 'allowed' 9 open spaces to be encroached". Mumbai Mirror. 7 January 2019.
- ^ Parab, Bhagwan (19 January 2016). "Gopal Shetty to surrender plots". The Asian Age.
- ^ "Trends at 4 pm: Manoj Kotak celebrates with party workers as BJP-Shiv Sena sweep Mumbai". Mumbai Mirror. 23 May 2019. Retrieved 26 May 2019.
- ^ "Congress' Urmila Matondkar Loses To BJP's Gopal Shetty By 4.6 Lakh Votes". HuffPost India. 23 May 2019. Retrieved 26 May 2019.