It seems that the IIT political party Lok Paritran has split.

Lok Paritran, a party launched by some IITians and other educated youth vowing to usher in a clean administration, has split with four of its seven candidates, who contested in the recent elections, quitting the outfit.

The faction accused the "national leadership" with financial bungling and lack of transparency.

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The geek political party Lok Paritran has set it sights on the forthcoming assembly polls in Tamil Nadu.

The Lok Paritran has hit its campaign trail on a rather ambitious note. 38-year-old Ilanthirumaran, an IIT alumna, is the party's candidate for the Chepauk constituency.

And guess who the former US-based software professional will take head on? None other than DMK chief ministerial candidate M Karunanidhi!

But the fact that he'll face a tough contest from a veteran has not unhinged Ilanthirumaran.

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There has been more news about the geek political party Paritrana, that we covered in an earlier post.

Indian Express ran an article on the same here.

There is also an interview with Paritrana’s national treasurer Chandrashekhar posted at Arthshastra.

Five IIT geeks have come together to form a political party - called 'Paritrana'

The core team of "Paritrana" comprises Rajpurohit , Shukla, Amit Beesen, also the vice president and a B Tech (Mechanical) from IIT Bombay and a LLB graduate, Chandrashekhar (national treasurer), B Tech (computer science) from IIT Kanpur, Bharat Sundaram, the PRO of the party and B Tech from IIT Kanpur and PhD in electronics from Melbourne.

"Paritrana means complete relief from the various causes of distress, and that is what we want to do for our people", added Chandrashekhar. Low funds have not discouraged them in their efforts of holding door-to-door campaigns in Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and parts of Maharashtra

Way to go geeks.