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Borivali MLA Gopal Chinaiya Shetty

Geetanjali Minhas | January 12, 2012

Gopal Chinaiya Shetty of Bharatiya Janata Party was re-elected to the Maharashtra legislative assembly in October 2009 from ward 152 of Borivali area in Mumbai. Shetty has held various positions in BJP, and won several awards as a municipal councillor. He is ranked twenty two in the MLA performance report of Praja Foundation.

Born: January 31, 1954
Profession: Businessman
Weight age allotted to parameters - Present and past 60 percent

Impression/Perception 40 percent

Shetty’s total score is 59/100

Past parameters Education Qualification - non matric	Marks 0/1	Rank
Income Tax Records	2/2
Criminal Record (including negative parameters)	(–)5/5	22
Nine FIR’s registered as per affidavit;
No FIR registered after 2009 elections ;and
Eight Charge sheets pending as on March 2011

Present parameters	Marks	Rank
Sessions Attended: 46/47	10/10	1
No of Questions Asked: 319	10/16	12
Importance of Questions Asked :	10/21	22

Classification of Questions Based on Issues	City	State	Nation
Social Infrastructure (Civic,Community Welfare,Crime Education, Health and Social Cultural Concern)	138	84
Physical Infrastructure (Energy,Forest&Transport)	6	10
Economical Infrastructure (Financial Institutions and Industries)	7	11
Governance/Policy making (Revenue,Corruption and Scams,Schemes/Policies)	15	34
Agriculture/Food Infrastructure (Agriculture,Animal Husbandry and Irrigation)	2	12
Other (Other related issues)
Total questions	168	151

Total Local Area Development Funds utilized during Dec 2009 to March 2010- Rs 1.85 crore; Marks: 5/5

Perception/Impression Parameters	Marks	Rank
Perception of Public Services	13/20	24
Awareness and Accessibility	4/6	29
Corruption Index	7/10	5
Broad Measures	3/4

Expressing his dismay and dissatisfaction at Praja’s ratings Shetty said “inspite of the fact that I am available to public 365 days a year they have rated me low in accessibility parameter, for fighting public causes five cases are slapped against me.” Shetty further asked, “In assembly we ask many questions but the quality and no. of questions are chosen at discretion of Government. Can you blame the MLA if questions put by him or her are not answered?"

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