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{{Short description|Indian politician}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2025}}
{{Use Indian English|date=January 2025}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| image = Dadarao Keche.jpg
| office = Member of [[Maharashtra Legislative Council]]
| term_start = 20 March 2025
| predecessor = [[Gopichand Padalkar]]
| constituency = ''elected by the Members of Legislative Assembly''
| office1 = Member of [[Maharashtra Legislative Assembly]]
| term_start1 = 2019
| term_end1 = 2024
| predecessor1 = [[Amar Sharadrao Kale|Amar Kale]]
| successor1 = [[Sumit Wankhede]]
| constituency1 = [[Arvi Assembly constituency|Arvi]]
| term_start2 = 2009
| term_end2 = 2014
| predecessor2 = [[Amar Sharadrao Kale|Amar Kale]]
| successor2 = Amar Kale
| constituency2 = [[Arvi Assembly constituency|Arvi]]
| birth_name = Dadarao Yadavraoji Keche
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1954|04|05|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Arvi, Wardha|Arvi]], [[Wardha District]]
| party = [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
| profession = Politician
}}
'''Dadarao Yadavraoji Keche''' is an [[Indian politician]] currently serving as Vice President of [[Bharatiya Janata Party, Maharashtra]]. He was a Member of [[Maharashtra Legislative Assembly]] from [[Arvi Assembly constituency]] in 2009 & 2019 election.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Maharashtra Election 2019 Winners Full List: Check full list of winning candidates in Maharashtra Vidhan Sabha Chunav 2019 |url=https://www.financialexpress.com/india-news/maharashtra-assembly-election-2019-winners-full-list/1744244/ |access-date=2022-10-19 |website=Financialexpress |language=en}}</ref>

In the [[2019 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election]], he beat Kale Amar Sharadrao with the margin of 12,467 votes.<ref>{{Cite web |title=ARVI ASSEMBLY ELECTION RESULTS 2019 |url=https://www.oneindia.com/arvi-assembly-elections-mh-44/ |website=Oneindia}}</ref><ref name="BJP Strategy To Drop 7 Sitting MLAs Pays Off In Vidarbha">{{cite news |last1=The Times of India |date=28 November 2024 |title=BJP Strategy To Drop 7 Sitting MLAs Pays Off In Vidarbha |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/nagpur/bjps-bold-strategy-how-dropping-7-sitting-mlas-led-to-a-clean-sweep-in-vidarbha/articleshow/115780011.cms |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20241205075412/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/nagpur/bjps-bold-strategy-how-dropping-7-sitting-mlas-led-to-a-clean-sweep-in-vidarbha/articleshow/115780011.cms |archivedate=5 December 2024 |accessdate=5 December 2024}}</ref> In April 2020, he broke the [[COVID-19 lockdown in India|COVID-19 lockdown rules in India]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Maharashtra: BJP MLA Dadarao Keche defies coronavirus lockdown, invites people for his birthday |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/nation/2020/apr/05/maharashtra-bjp-mla-dadarao-keche-defies-coronavirus-lockdown-invites-people-for-his-birthday-2126149.html |access-date=2022-10-19 |website=The New Indian Express}}</ref> by celebrating his birthday with 200 people<ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-04-05 |title=Maharashtra: In midst of lockdown, 200 gather to celebrate BJP MLA's birthday |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/india/maharashtra-notice-against-wardha-bjp-mla-for-celebrating-birthday-with-200-people-6348689/ |access-date=2022-10-19 |website=The Indian Express |language=en}}</ref> for which a [[First information report]] was registered against him.<ref>{{Cite news |agency=PTI |date=2020-04-06 |title=Case against BJP MLA Dadarao Keche for violating lockdown norms |language=en-IN |work=The Hindu |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/mumbai/case-against-bjp-mla-dadarao-keche-for-violating-lockdown-norms/article31273875.ece |access-date=2022-10-19 |issn=0971-751X}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Case Against Maharashtra BJP MLA For Distributing Ration Amid Lockdown |url=https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/coronavirus-case-against-maharashtra-bjp-mla-dadarao-keche-for-distributing-ration-amid-lockdown-2207226 |access-date=2022-10-19 |website=NDTV.com}}</ref>

==Career==
Dadarao Keche is a two-term [[Maharashtra Legislative Assembly|Member Of Maharashtra Legislative Assembly (MLA)]] from [[Arvi Assembly constituency]]. In 2019 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly Election, he defeated the then sitting [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)|MLA]] from [[Arvi Assembly constituency]], [[Amar Sharadrao Kale]].{{citation needed|date=September 2024}}

Keche is now serving as State Vice President of [[Bharatiya Janata Party, Maharashtra]] since November 2024.

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DelmarTroiano at 09:43, 17 October 2025