Gopal Shetty

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{{short description|Indian politician}}
{{BLP sources|date=June 2018}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2015}}
{{Use Indian English|date=December 2015}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Gopal Shetty
| image =
| caption =
| birth_date = 1954
| birth_place = [[Bombay]], [[Bombay State]], [[India]]
| residence = [[Mumbai]], [[Maharashtra]], [[India]]
| spouse =
| children = Rakesh Shetty,Tushar Shetty Jyoti Shetty
| death_date =
| death_place =
| constituency = [[Mumbai North]]
| office = [[Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha]]
| term_start = 15 May 2014
| term_end =
| majority = 4,46,582 (47.18%)
| predecessor = [[Sanjay Nirupam]]
| successor =
| office2 = [[Member of Legislative Assembly|MLA]], [[Maharashtra Legislative Assembly]]
| constituency2 = [[Borivali (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Borivali]]
| term_start2 = 2004
| term_end2 = 2014
| predecessor2 = [[Hemendra Mehta]]
| successor2 = [[Vinod Tawde]]
| party = [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
| religion =
| website = {{URL|gopalshetty.com}}
| width = 150
| image_size = 300px
}}

'''Gopal Chinayya Shetty''' is an Indian politician. He is a [[Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha|member of parliament]] from [[Mumbai North (Lok Sabha constituency)|Mumbai North]]. Previously, he was a [[Member of Legislative Assembly]] (MLA) from the [[Borivali (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Borivali]] [[Vidhan Sabha]] constituency.

He was the president of the Mumbai unit of [[Bharatiya Janata Party]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.daijiworld.com/news/newsDisplay.aspx?newsID=45990|title=Gopal Shetty replaces Chavan as BJP's Mumbai chief|website=daijiworld.com|access-date=26 June 2018}}</ref>

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.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://mumbaimirror.indiatimes.com/mumbai/civic/bjp-mp-gopal-shetty-allowed-9-open-spaces-to-be-encroached/articleshow/67413933.cms|title=BJP MP Gopal Shetty 'allowed' 9 open spaces to be encroached|work=[[Mumbai Mirror]]|date=7 January 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.asianage.com/mumbai/gopal-shetty-surrender-plots-706|title=Gopal Shetty to surrender plots|first=Bhagwan|last=Parab|date=19 January 2016|work=[[The Asian Age]]}}</ref>

Shetty, [[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]] candidate, won in [[2019 Indian general election]]s against Congress party (INC)candidate [[Urmila Matondkar]] in North constituency of [[Mumbai]] by a whopping margin of 4,65,247 votes.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://mumbaimirror.indiatimes.com/loksabha-elections/news/trends-at-4-pm-manoj-kotak-celebrates-with-party-workers-as-bjp-shiv-sena-sweep-mumbai/articleshow/69463574.cms|title=Trends at 4 pm: Manoj Kotak celebrates with party workers as BJP-Shiv Sena sweep Mumbai|last=May 23|first=Mirror Online {{!}} Updated|last2=2019|website=Mumbai Mirror|language=en|access-date=2019-05-26|last3=Ist|first3=16:20}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.in/entry/election-results-urmila-matondkar-congress-gopal-shetty-bjp_in_5ce542dae4b0547bd1300bb1|title=Congress' Urmila Matondkar Loses To BJP's Gopal Shetty By 4.6 Lakh Votes|date=2019-05-23|website=HuffPost India|language=en|access-date=2019-05-26}}</ref>

== Controversies ==
His remarks about farmer suicide created ruckus in media, later he clarified he was misquoted.<blockquote>“Not all farmers’ suicides happen due to unemployment and starvation. A fashion is going on. A trend is on,” <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/nation/current-affairs/190216/bjp-mp-says-farmer-suicides-a-fashion.html|title=BJP MP Gopal Shetty says farmer suicides a 'fashion'|date=2016-02-19|website=Deccan Chronicle|language=en|access-date=2019-04-27}}</ref></blockquote>He was slammed by activist and opposition for his 'sexist' private member's bill in Lok Sabha.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://mumbaimirror.indiatimes.com/mumbai/other/bjp-mps-regressive-bill-slammed-by-activists/articleshow/63239701.cms|title=BJP MP's 'regressive' bill slammed by activists|last=Makar|last2=GadgilMakar|website=Mumbai Mirror|language=en|access-date=2019-04-27|last3=Gadgil|last4=Mar 10|first4=Mumbai Mirror {{!}} Updated|last5=2018|last6=Ist|first6=03:02}}</ref>

He stoked a controversy by saying Christians did not participate in freedom movement.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://mumbaimirror.indiatimes.com/mumbai/cover-story/mumbai-mp-drops-a-clanger-says-christians-were-like-the-brits-during-freedom-struggle/articleshow/64876451.cms|title=Watch: Mumbai MP Gopal Shetty says Christians were like the Brits during freedom struggle|last=Makar|last2=GadgilMakar|website=Mumbai Mirror|language=en|access-date=2019-04-27|last3=Gadgil|last4=Jul 6|first4=Mumbai Mirror {{!}} Updated|last5=2018|last6=Ist|first6=10:09}}</ref> Allege corruption in utilization of open spaces.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://citizenmatters.in/mp-candidate-gopal-shetty-mumbai-north-lok-sabha-constituency-10891|title=Gopal Shetty, Mumbai North: Mired in corruption charges and controversies, MP seeks another term {{!}}|date=2019-04-26|website=Citizen Matters|language=en-GB|access-date=2019-04-28}}</ref>

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