As per the allocation made by Razi on Friday night, Advisor G Krishnan was given the departments of planning and development, rural development, panchayati raj, NREP division, urban development, rural engineering, animal husbandry and fishery, tourism, cooperative, labour, employment and housing.

Sunila Basant was given art and culture, sports and youth affairs, science and technology, forest and environment, human resource development (except higher education) and parliamentary affairs.

The home, social welfare, food and civil supply were given to T P Sinha. The rest of the departments including the finance, personnel and administrative reforms, road, energy, mines and geoloy, public relation, industry, water resources, excise and health department were retained by Governor Razi for himself.

Since road, mines, water resources, excise and energy were considered ‘malaidar (creamy) departments in the corridors of power where corruption was pervasive, Razi had raised many an eye brow.

"Instead of distributing these sensitive revenue earning departments among his advisors, he had kept them under his control leaving us doubt his motive', said Ranjit Singh, a social activist.