Gopal Chinayya Shetty, born in 1954 within a poor middle class family, is a Member of Parliament from North Mumbai Parliamentary Constituency with more than 32 years of experience in his long standing diversified elected representative and more than 40 years in public life. He first became Municipal Corporator in 1992 and with his excellent performance was awarded the Best Corporator Award and later was appointed as the first Deputy Mayor of the city of Mumbai in Mayor in Council. He has successfully served Bharatiya Janata Party in various key capacities from Mandal Secretary to the president of Mumbai BJP.