| Office | Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
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|---|---|
| Office | MLA, Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
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| Term start | 15 May 2014
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| Predecessor | Sanjay Nirupam
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| Constituency | Mumbai North
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| Born | 1954 |
| Born | Bombay, Bombay State, India
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| Political party | Bharatiya Janata Party
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| Children | Rakesh Shetty,Tushar Shetty Jyoti Shetty
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| Website | Template:URL |
Gopal Chinayya Shetty is an Indian politician. He is a member of parliament from Mumbai North. Previously, he was a Member of Legislative Assembly (MLA) from the Borivali Vidhan Sabha constituency.
He was the president of the Mumbai unit of Bharatiya Janata Party.[1]
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.[2][3]
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.[4][5]
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,” [6]
He was slammed by activist and opposition for his 'sexist' private member's bill in Lok Sabha.[7]
He stoked a controversy by saying Christians did not participate in freedom movement.[8] Allege corruption in utilization of open spaces.[9]
References
- ↑ 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).
- ↑ Gopal Shetty to surrender plots. The Asian Age(19 January 2016).
- ↑ Trends at 4 pm: Manoj Kotak celebrates with party workers as BJP-Shiv Sena sweep Mumbai, May 23, Mirror Online | Updated. Mumbai Mirror. Retrieved 2019-05-26.
- ↑ Congress' Urmila Matondkar Loses To BJP's Gopal Shetty By 4.6 Lakh Votes. HuffPost India(2019-05-23). Retrieved 2019-05-26.
- ↑ BJP MP Gopal Shetty says farmer suicides a 'fashion'. Deccan Chronicle(2016-02-19). Retrieved 2019-04-27.
- ↑ BJP MP's 'regressive' bill slammed by activists, Makar. Mumbai Mirror. Retrieved 2019-04-27.
- ↑ Watch: Mumbai MP Gopal Shetty says Christians were like the Brits during freedom struggle, Makar. Mumbai Mirror. Retrieved 2019-04-27.
- ↑ Gopal Shetty, Mumbai North: Mired in corruption charges and controversies, MP seeks another term |. Citizen Matters(2019-04-26). Retrieved 2019-04-28.
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