Gopal Shetty Explained

Gopal Shetty
Birth Date:31 January 1954
Birth Place:Bombay, Bombay State, India
Residence:Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Children:Rakesh Shetty, Jyoti Shetty, Tushar Shetty
Constituency:Mumbai North
Office:Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
Term Start:15 May 2014
Term End:03 June 2024 [1]
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
Majority:4,46,582 (47.18%)
Predecessor:Sanjay Nirupam
Successor:Piyush Goyal
Office2:MLA, Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
Constituency2:Borivali
Term Start2:2004
Term End2:2014
Predecessor2:Hemendra Mehta
Successor2:Vinod Tawde
Party:Bharatiya Janata Party
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Gopal Chinayya Shetty is a Mangalore based 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, BJP candidate, won in 2019 Indian general elections against Congress party (INC)candidate Urmila Matondkar in North constituency of Mumbai by a whopping margin of 4,65,247 votes and had gained the record of getting highest number of votes in Maharashtra during 2019 election.[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.

Borivali "The Suburb of Gardens"

Borivali can be called as the garden suburb as it had one of the National Park with Kanheri Caves. Now in last 10-15 years it has been a suburb with a bouquets of garden due to the efforts of Shri Gopal Shetty the MLC, MLA and then MP of this area.

His strong point is that he is risen from a grass-root worker to BMC corporator, MLA and then MP, due to which he was able to work with various government departments, NGO’s and other organizations to make Borivali a The Suburb of Gardens, you will find a garden at every half a kilometer here with different themes.

There are various plantations theme in each garden, Gopinath Munde garden Largest collection of Palm trees is an example of Vertical garden in this collection of gardens/parks.

Blood Donation Drives

Gopal Shetty has always appealed people to donate blood at least once in a year and if more its better. He makes a point that functions in his constituency are marked Blood donation drive and his efforts over the years would have garnered donation of more than a 1 lakh blood bottle units.

Controversies

His remarks about farmer suicide created ruckus in media, later he clarified he was misquoted.

“Not all farmers’ suicides happen due to unemployment and starvation. A fashion is going on. A trend is on,” [8]
He was slammed by activist and opposition for his 'sexist' private member's bill in Lok Sabha.[9]

He stoked a controversy by saying Christians did not participate in freedom movement.[10] Allege corruption in utilization of open spaces.[11]

Notes and References

  1. title=Mumbai North MP Gopal Shetty To End Parliamentary Journey With Tribute To Lord Rama And Citizens
  2. Web site: 2024-03-14 . Denied Lok Sabha ticket, Mumbai BJP MP Gopal Shetty says ‘such shocks are not new’ . 2024-04-22 . The Indian Express . en.
  3. Web site: Gopal Shetty replaces Chavan as BJP's Mumbai chief. daijiworld.com. 26 June 2018.
  4. News: BJP MP Gopal Shetty 'allowed' 9 open spaces to be encroached. Mumbai Mirror. 7 January 2019.
  5. News: Gopal Shetty to surrender plots. Bhagwan. Parab. 19 January 2016. The Asian Age.
  6. Web site: Trends at 4 pm: Manoj Kotak celebrates with party workers as BJP-Shiv Sena sweep Mumbai. May 23, 2019. Mumbai Mirror. en. 2019-05-26.
  7. Web site: Congress' Urmila Matondkar Loses To BJP's Gopal Shetty By 4.6 Lakh Votes. 2019-05-23. HuffPost India. en. 2019-05-26.
  8. Web site: BJP MP Gopal Shetty says farmer suicides a 'fashion'. 2016-02-19. Deccan Chronicle. en. 2019-04-27.
  9. Web site: BJP MP's 'regressive' bill slammed by activists. Makar. Gadgil. Mumbai Mirror. en. 2019-04-27.
  10. Web site: Watch: Mumbai MP Gopal Shetty says Christians were like the Brits during freedom struggle. Makar. Gadgil. Mumbai Mirror. en. 2019-04-27.
  11. Web site: Gopal Shetty, Mumbai North: Mired in corruption charges and controversies, MP seeks another term . 2019-04-26. Citizen Matters. en-GB. 2019-04-28.