Gopal Shetty

{{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

| office = Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha

| term_start = 2014

| term_end = 2024

| predecessor = Sanjay Nirupam

| successor = Piyush Goyal

| constituency = Mumbai North

| office1 = Member of Maharashtra Legislative Assembly

| term_start1 = 2004

| term_end1 = 2014

| predecessor1 = Hemendra Mehta

| successor1 = Vinod Tawde

| constituency1 = Borivali

| office3 = President of Bharatiya Janata Party{{dash}}Mumbai

| term_start3 = 22 April 2008

| term_end3 = 1 September 2010

| president3 = Nitin Gadkari
Sudhir Mungantiwar

| predecessor3 = Prakash Mehta

| successor3 = Raj K. Purohit

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1954|1|31|df=y}}

| birth_place = Bombay, Bombay State, India

| residence = Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

| spouse = {{marriage|Usha|1981}}

| children = 1 son, 1 daughter

| party = Bharatiya Janata Party

| website = {{URL|gopalshetty.com}}

}}

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.{{Cite web |date=2024-03-14 |title=Denied Lok Sabha ticket, Mumbai BJP MP Gopal Shetty says ‘such shocks are not new’ |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/mumbai/lok-sabha-mumbai-bjp-mp-gopal-shetty-9213646/ |access-date=2024-04-22 |website=The Indian Express |language=en}}

He was the president of the Mumbai unit of Bharatiya Janata Party.{{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}}

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.{{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}}{{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}}

Gopal Shetty, the BJP candidate won the 2019 Indian general elections in the North Mumbai constituency, defeating Congress party (INC) candidate Urmila Matondkar by a 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.{{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|date=May 23, 2019|website=Mumbai Mirror|language=en|access-date=2019-05-26}}{{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}}

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.