Former BJP MP Gopal Shetty withdrew his nomination from the Borivali seat on Monday. He had filed a nomination towards BJP’s official candidate Sanjay Upadhyay. Shetty was seen with Union Minister Piyush Goyal after taking again his candidature from the Borivali constituency.
The event comes two days after Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis met insurgent BJP chief Shetty to persuade him to choose out of the fray from Borivali meeting seat in north Mumbai.
Shetty, a two-time Lok Sabha MP and MLA for a number of phrases, was contesting as an unbiased candidate after the BJP neglected his candidature and gave the ticket to Upadhyay.
In a put up on X, BJP nationwide basic secretary Vinod Tawde stated Shetty has assured Fadnavis he won’t ever give up the BJP and wouldn’t do something that may damage the celebration. Tawde additionally posted pictures of Shetty and Fadnavis.
“I made this determination not in pursuit of a celebration ticket however out of concern for the native employees who’ve been regularly neglected. Collectively, let’s carry constructive change to our constituency,” Shetty had stated after submitting nomination papers final week.