"There is no need for permission...": AAP's Satyendra Jain slams Delhi Police over 'Unbreakable' screening

New Delhi [India], January 18 : Aam Aadmi Party leader Satyendra Jain criticised Delhi Police for not granting them permission to screen the documentary 'Unbreakable' and said no permission was needed as it was not a public screening.
Jain, who is an AAP candidate from the Shakur Basti Assembly seat, said the screening was only for the journalists.
"It was not a public function or an appeal for the vote. It was just a screening for the journalists. There is no need for permission for it," Satyendra Jain said.
This comes after Delhi police said that "no permission" was taken for the screening of the Aam Aadmi Party's (AAP) documentary 'Unbreakable' and hence its screening would have been a 'violation of guidelines'.
The police emphasised that the political parties have to apply for permission for such events through a single window system at the District Election Officer's (DEO) office, adding that the police can neither grant nor reject such permission at this time.
Following a police statement, the ruling AAP alleged that the Delhi Police banned the screening of the documentary at the "behest" of its primary opponent, BJP.
AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal clarified that this film screening was not an election event rather it was a private event.
Addressing a press conference today, Kejriwal said that the movie wasn't an election campaign and there was no election flag, speech or election propaganda present at the movie screening site.
Reiterating his claim that the BJP is "scared" of this film as it exposes "illegal and unconstitutional actions" of the BJP government, Kejriwal condemned the way film screening was stopped.
AAP's documentary titled 'Unbreakable' is based on the time when AAP leaders including former CM Arvind Kejriwal, former Deputy CM Manish Sisodia, and others, went to jail.