Ramachandran is a veteran and was twice elected to the Lok Sabha in the seventies and once before to the Kerala assembly in 1980. He gets the portfolio of Devasoms and Stationery.

Thettayil is a first timer to the assembly and becomes a minister following a split in his party JD-S into two.

One faction is led by M.P. Veerendra Kumar who has three legislators with him and the other faction has three legislators led by N.M. Joseph. Thettayil belongs to the latter.

Thettayil takes over as the transport minister.