Both Dewan and Jatan Rai, as well as Rai’s union, are affiliated with a local political party called the Hamro Party (unions generally tend to be affiliated with political parties in India).

Source: https://www.counterpunch.org/2023/05/26/the-deplorable-work-conditions-behind-harrods-7000-ambootia-snow-mist-darjeeling-tea/

In that soundscape, Mr. Rai’s purring electric rickshaw is a relative rarity, one that delighted a recent passenger, a retired teacher named Satyen Vir Jha.

Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/09/business/energy-environment/two-three-wheel-electric-vehicles.html