Madhusudanachari was unanimously elected to the post as all parties in the 119-member House supported his candidature.
Protem Speaker K Jana Reddy handed over charge to Madhusudanachari after his unanimous election was formally announced in the House this morning.
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He had previously been an MLA of TDP between 1994 and 1999. He worked in TDP from 1982 to 1995 and subsequently sailed with NTR-TDP (Lakshmi Parvati) after change of guard in the party.
Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao and leaders of opposition parties congratulated Madhusudanachari on his election as Assembly Speaker.
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