S. Madhusudhana Chary

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{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Sirikonda Madhsudana Chary
| image = Madhusudhana Chary.jpg
|office =[[List of speakers of the Telangana Legislative Assembly|1st Speaker of Telangana Legislative Assembly]]
|deputy = [[Padma Devender Reddy]], [[Telangana Rashtra Samithi|TRS]] |term_start = 9 June 2014
|term_end = 16 January 2019
| birth_date = {{Birth_date and age|1956|10|13|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Warangal]], [[Telangana]], [[India]]
| residence = Hyderabad
| marital status = gv
| Official Status = <nowiki>Speaker of Telangana Legislative Assembly]] </nowiki><br> M. L. A. from Bhupalapalle consitituency
| constituency1 = [[Bhupalpalle (Assembly constituency)|Bhupalpalle]], [[Telangana]]
| office1 =
| alma_mater = [[Kakatiya University]], MA English (Literature)
| successor = [[Pocharam Srinivas Reddy]], TRS |predecessor =Position Established
| party = [[Telangana Rashtra Samithi]]
| website =
}}
'''Sirikonda Madusudhana Chary''' (born 1962) is an Indian politician who was the [[List of speakers of the Telangana Legislative Assembly|1st Speaker of Telangana Legislative Assembly]] from 9 June 2014 to 16 January 2019. He won from [[Bhupalpalle (Assembly constituency)|Bhupalapalli constituency]] in [[Warangal]] in 2014 general elections.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/telangana/trs-legislators-intensify-lobbying-for-cabinet-berths/article6066664.ece | title=TRS legislators intensify lobbying for Cabinet berths | date=30 May 2014 | newspaper=The Hindu | first=Gollapudi Srinivasa | last=Rao | accessdate=9 June 2019 }}</ref> He is the former MLA of Bhupalapalli Constuency from 2018 Assembly Elections. He belongs to [[Telangana Rashtra Samithi]] and is a member of its Politburo. He lost the Telangana Legislative Assembly election held in December 2018.

==Early life==
He was born in Narsakkapalli village, [[Parkal]], Warangal, [[Telangana]] to Venkatanarasaiah. He has an M.A. in [[English Literature]] from [[Kakatiya University]], Warangal.

==Career==
He joined [[Telugu Desam]] in 1982 and was an MLA for Telugu Desam in 1994-99 from [[Shyampet]] in Warangal district and joined [[Lakshmi Parvathi]]'s NTR-TDP in 1996 after the crisis. During this term when cotton farmers were committing suicides across Telangana region, he brought a bottle of pesticide to the Legislative Assembly in order to bring to the notice of the highest house in the state. One of the biggest influences in taking the movement of Telangana forward was when Hanmakonda legislator, [[Dasyam Vinay Bhaskar]] was forbidden to use the word ''Telangana'' on the floor of the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly in 2000 when Telugu Desam was in power.

===Telangana Rashtra Samithi===
He started working with K. Chandrashekar Rao 10–12 months before the TRS party was formally launched in April 2001. He lent a great support to the Telangana statehood movement by providing intellectual support. He was a founding member and was made General Secretary in October 2001.<ref>[http://www.thehindujobs.com/thehindu/2001/10/03/stories/0403403g.htm The Hindu: TRS office-bearers]</ref> He was politburo member and General Secretary. He also worked as a TRS party spokesperson and also very close to Prof. Jayashankar.

He won as an MLA in 2014 General elections from Bhupalapalle defeating former Chief Whip, Gandra Venkataramana Reddy.<ref>[http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-andhrapradesh/prestige-issue-for-trs-congress/article5899176.ece Prestige issue for TRS, Congress - The Hindu]</ref><ref>[http://www.newindianexpress.com/elections/Konda-Couple-to-Join-TRS-Ticket-Only-for-Surekha/2014/03/18/article2115339.ece Konda Couple to Join TRS, Ticket Only for Surekha - The New Indian Express]</ref> He lost the election from the same constituency in 2009.
He lost in 2018 elections from the same constituency.

===Speaker of Telangana Legislative Assembly===
He became the first Speaker of Telangana Assembly. He was elected unanimously on 9 June 2014.

===Personal life===
He married to Uma Devi. He has three sons, Pradeep, Prashanth and Kranth.

==References==
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{{Telangana State Officials}}

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[[Category:Telangana Rashtra Samithi politicians]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Telangana MLAs 2014–2018]]
[[Category:Speakers of the Telangana Legislative Assembly]]
[[Category:1962 births]]
[[Category:People from Warangal Urban district]]
[[Category:Telugu Desam Party politicians]]
[[Category:Members of the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly]]

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