Allof sudden the power corridors of the New Delhi has gone North East. In therecent reshuffle, not one, not two but three Assam Meghalaya cadres have becomethe Secretaries of the Union Government, a rarity in the bureaucracy of theUnion Government.

Thetrio was led by Mr Ajay Kumar Bhalla, Secretary Home and Mr Ravi Capoor,Secretary Textile, and Mr Atul Chaturvedi, Secretary Animal Husbandry.

The appointment of three Assam Meghalaya cadres as secretaries in fact raised eyebrows in the Luyten's Delhi as suddenly Guwahati-Shillong has become the toast of the New Delhi.

Mr.Ravi Capoor is a long Assam hand worked in Agriculture, Transport and Commercedepartment for long.