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Monday is the last day for withdrawing nominations. The state assembly elections will be held on November 20 and votes will be counted on November 23
Shetty was MLA from Borivali in 2004 and 2009. He was also corporator from the area for several years. (Photo: ANI file)
Maharashtra BJP leader Gopal Shetty on Monday withdrew his candidature days after he announced to contest as an independent. The two-time MP from Mumbai North Lok Sabha seat filed his nomination as as independent after the BJP denied him ticket from Borivali.
The party has fielded Mumbai unit general secretary Sanjay Upadhyay from the seat replacing sitting MLA Sunil Rane. This decision sparked protests by local BJP workers demanding a representative from the area.
Monday is the last day for withdrawing nominations. The state assembly elections will be held on November 20 and votes will be counted on November 23.
Shetty, a veteran of the Mumbai north region, had earlier said that that a local should get the BJP ticket from Borivali.
Shetty, who won the Mumbai North Lok Sabha seat by margins of more than four lakh in 2014 and 2019, was denied a ticket in the 2024 general elections. The seat was won by senior BJP leader Piyush Goyal, who is now Union minister.
Shetty was MLA from Borivali in 2004 and 2009. He was also corporator from the area for several years.
