[5] He became a member of the Telugu Desam Party (TDP) prior to the 2014 elections.
[6] Jawahar resigned from his position as a teacher entered politics in 2014 through the Telugu Desam Party.
He ran as a TDP candidate for the Kovvur constituency in the 2014 elections and emerged victorious,[7][8] defeating YSR Congress Party candidate Taneti Vanitha with a majority of 12,745 votes.
[9] After assuming office as an MLA, Jawahar took on various roles, including serving as a member of the SC House Committee and being appointed as a board member of the Agriculture Committee under N. G. Ranga Agricultural University.
On April 2, 2017, he assumed the role of Excise Minister[10][11] as part of the cabinet reshuffle in Andhra Pradesh.