Kashinath Rao Vaidya (died 13 March 1959, Hyderabad) was an Indian lawyer and politician.Abbasayulu, Y. B. Scheduled Caste Elite: A Study of Scheduled Caste Elite in Andhra Pradesh. Hyderabad: Dept. of Sociology, Osmania University, 1978. p. 43 Vaidya was elected to the Hyderabad State Legislative Assembly in the 1952 election as the Indian National Congress candidate from the Begum Bazar constituency.AP Legislature. HYDERABAD LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY (CONSTITUTED ON 1952) Vaidya obtained 15,794 votes (72.48% of the votes in the constituency).Election Commission of India. STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 1951 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF HYDERABAD Following the election, he was elected speaker of the Assembly, a position he held until 1956.
Vaidya died in Hyderabad on 13 March 1959.
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