He said that the main reason for high unemployment is the state not getting special category status. Alleging that the YSRCP, the TDP, and the Jana Sena have all side-lined the issue of special category status, he said the JBNP will bring the issue to mainstream discussion.

Lakshmi Narayana had joined the Jana Sena party of actor politician Pawan Kalyan just before the 2019 elections. He had unsuccessfully contested the Visakhapatnam Lok Sabha seat on Jana Sena ticket. In 2020, he quit the Jana Sena citing Pawan Kalyan’s decision to return to films as the reason for his exit.