A man who once commanded the supreme court of India, decided the fate of nations from the CJI chair, retires in 2019… and within months gets gifted a rajya sabha seat by the President himself under Article 80. No election. No campaign. Just pure “distinguished service” vibes. Fast-forward six years, and the same man has turned the Upper house into his personal part-time gig. Welcome to the jaw-dropping, blood-boiling reality of former Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi’s parliamentary career.
Now the savage truth, served raw:
Over the last six years, this nominated mp has asked exactly zero questions. Introduced zero bills. Participated in just one debate. And clocked in for only about 53% of the sessions. Half the time, he simply didn’t show up. While the rest of the country grinds, pays taxes, and expects its lawmakers to, you know, law-make. Here’s the ice-cold listicle of his “performance” that PRS data and rajya sabha records lay bare:
Over the last six years, this nominated mp has asked exactly zero questions. Introduced zero bills. Participated in just one debate. And clocked in for only about 53% of the sessions. Half the time, he simply didn’t show up. While the rest of the country grinds, pays taxes, and expects its lawmakers to, you know, law-make. Here’s the ice-cold listicle of his “performance” that PRS data and rajya sabha records lay bare:
- Questions asked in six full years: 0
- Private member bills presented: 0
- Debates he actually spoke in: 1
- Attendance rate: ~53% (yes, below average… way below)
He was supposed to be the bridge between the judiciary and the legislature, remember? The guy who promised to “project the views of the judiciary in Parliament.” Turns out the bridge was a one-way street — straight to the bank.
And the money? Oh, it gets better (or worse). Gogoi happily draws both his fat ex-CJI pension and his full rajya sabha salary. Under the 2025 revision, that mp package looks like this every single month:
And the money? Oh, it gets better (or worse). Gogoi happily draws both his fat ex-CJI pension and his full rajya sabha salary. Under the 2025 revision, that mp package looks like this every single month:
- Basic salary: ₹1,24,000
- Constituency allowance: ₹87,000
- Office expense: ₹75,000
- Fixed total: ₹2,86,000
- Plus ₹2,500 daily allowance for every session or committee day he actually attends (when he bothers)
His ex-CJI pension? Base ₹1,40,000 + dearness relief, taking it to roughly ₹2,17,000 a month.
Grand total from the government (read: you): nearly ₹5 lakh every month. Taxpayer-funded. No election required. Minimal effort delivered.
But wait — he has an answer. Gogoi himself confirmed he’s channeling every rupee of that mp salary into scholarships for over 50 law students from assam and beyond. Not a single paisa for personal use. Respect for the philanthropy angle? Sure. Does it magically erase the zero-questions, half-attendance ghosting of the people’s House? Hard no.
Grand total from the government (read: you): nearly ₹5 lakh every month. Taxpayer-funded. No election required. Minimal effort delivered.
But wait — he has an answer. Gogoi himself confirmed he’s channeling every rupee of that mp salary into scholarships for over 50 law students from assam and beyond. Not a single paisa for personal use. Respect for the philanthropy angle? Sure. Does it magically erase the zero-questions, half-attendance ghosting of the people’s House? Hard no.
This is the same ranjan gogoi who once sat in judgment over the entire nation. Now he sits in the Rajya Sabha… occasionally. Collecting two fat government cheques while doing less legislative work than most college students do in a semester project.From the highest temple of justice to a parliamentary phantom in six effortless years. That’s not “distinguished service.” That’s a masterclass in elite entitlement — and the indian taxpayer is still footing the bill.
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