They have also shared “job hazards” like driving passengers to remote areas before being robbed by the passengers, besides having to keep traffic police constables “happy”.

“Jadhav has given me extra without my asking whenever I go to Uttar Pradesh as he knows that many of my family members would expect some cash from me,” Singh says.

The bond, Jadhav says, can be best understood when Singh shells out money when one of his taxi engines need repairs. “We only know each other as taxi drivers, and brothers and not as Marathi or bhaiyya,” he said.

Adds Singh: “When we hear of such situations we call each other and ensure that we both reach home. Raj Thackeray needs to know that in a fight between political parties, he is also creating a fight between brothers like us.”