Gopal Shetty

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.

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

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.

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.

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.