Gopal Shetty

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 served as the president of Mumbai unit of Bharatiya Janata Party.^[1] Born in 1954, into a poor Mill worker's family, Gopal Shetty was the eldest of the siblings of six. Rebelling against caste discrimination at an early age at a convent school and dropping himself out, he diverted his youthful energies into the formation of "Yuvak Mandal" in 1968 at Poinsur for providing civic necessities to the Slums like drinking water, providing electricity, Balwadis and other needs.

His leadership skills were rewarded with his first electoral entry into politics in 1992 as a municipal councilor. Quickly building up, he was rewarded with the Best Corporator award and above all being the first deputy mayor in the only "Mayor in Council" of the city of Mumbai. His landmark contribution as deputy mayor was the first 216 crore "Mega Micro Tunneling Water Supply Project" from Tulsi Lake filtration plant to Goregaon; then extended up to Kandivali (West).

He has also served the Bharatiya Janata Party in various capacities from mandal secretary to the president of Mumbai BJP.

Representing Borivali constituency for the past 22 years that include three terms as corporator and two terms as MLA, his popularity has been growing largely due to commitment to various issues of development and his ability to find practical solutions to the grievances of the citizens via his consistent personal contact and easy accessibility with one and all.

Projects completed^[2]

• Poinsur Gymkhana
• Mahila Aadhar Bhavan
• Veer Savarkar Udyan
• Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Udyan
• Jhansi Ki Rani Lakshmibai Joggers Park and Bal Udyan
• Shantidham
• Wamanrao Pai Manoranjan Udyan
• Dr. Shyama Prasad Mukherjee Chowk
• Saibaba Fitness Center
• Dialysis Center
• Police Station

References

Members of the 16th Lok Sabha from Maharashtra State
Bharatiya Janata Party (23)	Hansraj Ahir Sharad Bansode Subhash Bhamre Harishchandra Chavan Raosaheb Danve Sanjay Dhotre Nitin Gadkari Sunil Gaikwad Dilipkumar Gandhi Heena Gavit Raksha Khadase Poonam Mahajan Pritam Munde pre-bye poll: Gopinath Munde – deceased Ashok Nete A. T. Patil Kapil Patil Sanjaykaka Patil Nanabhau Patole Gopal Shetty Anil Shirole Kirit Somaiya Ramdas Tadas Chitaman Wanga
Shiv Sena (18)	Shivajirao Adhalrao Anandrao Adsul Shrirang Barne Ravindra Gaikwad Bhavana Gawali Anant Geete Hemant Godse Prataprao Jadhav Sanjay Jadhav Chandrakant Khaire Gajanan Kirtikar Sadashiv Lokhande Vinayak Raut Arvind Sawant Rahul Shewale Shrikant Shinde Krupal Tumane Rajan Vichare
Nationalist Congress Party (4)	Udayanraje Bhosale Dhananjay Mahadik Vijaysinh Mohite-Patil Supriya Sule
Indian National Congress (2)	Ashok Chavan Rajiv Satav
Swabhimani Paksha (1)	Raju Shetti
GE 2014 result summary	BJP-23 SS-18 NCP-4 INC-2 SWP-1
2014 bye-election	Pritam Munde (pre-bye poll: Gopinath Munde – deceased)
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Bharatiya Janata Party
Presidents	Atal Bihari Vajpayee (1980–86) Lal Krishna Advani (1986–91) Murli Manohar Joshi (1991–93) Lal Krishna Advani (1993–98) Kushabhau Thakre (1998–2000) Bangaru Laxman (2000–01) Jana Krishnamurthi (2001–02) Venkaiah Naidu (2002–04) Lal Krishna Advani (2004–06) Rajnath Singh (2006–09) Nitin Gadkari (2009–13) Rajnath Singh (2013–14) Amit Shah (2014–present)
Current Vice Presidents	Satya Pal Malik Parsottambhai Rupala Prabhat Jha Vinay Sahasrabuddhe Renu Devi Dinesh Sharma Om Prakash Mathur Shyam Jaju Avinash Rai Khanna
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