# Norway mayor drives auto-rickshaw in Gujarat, video goes viral 2026-10-07T11:37:19+00:00 | India | Indian Opinion Desk Corroboration: 2 independent outlets A video showing Norway’s Porsanger municipality mayor Jo Inge Hesjevik driving an auto-rickshaw in Gujarat has gone viral on social media. The video, posted on Instagram by Gujarat resident Chintan Matiya, shows Hesjevik and his companion Oyvind Hesjevik travelling in a brightly painted auto-rickshaw. According to the posts, 61 people from Norway have come to India and are travelling in 37 tuk-tuk auto-rickshaws as part of an adventure trip called Riksha Run India. The group started their journey from Jaisalmer on 26 September and aim to reach Fort Kochi in Kerala. Social media users have praised the mayor for his simplicity and down-to-earth style. ## Indian Opinion Analysis Both Aaj Tak and TV9 Hindi report the same event with neutral framing, neither praising nor criticising any government. The coverage is uniform straight reporting of a viral social media video, focusing on the novelty of a foreign mayor travelling simply. The stories differ only in minor details: Aaj Tak mentions the auto's slogan and a 61-person group, while TV9 Hindi adds the exact start date and trip name. The balanced reading is that both outlets treat the video as a feel-good human-interest story without any political slant. ## Coverage Coverage: 2 sources, 2 neutral - aajtak.in (neutral report) Straight viral video report without political slant - tv9hindi.com (neutral report) Straight viral video report without political slant This brief was synthesised by AI from the 2 sources linked above, so one read covers every framing they carry. Tags: auto-rickshaw, Gujarat, Jo Inge Hesjevik, Norway, Porsanger Canonical: https://indianopinion.org/norway-mayor-drives-auto-rickshaw-in-gujarat-video-goes-viral/ License: Summary and commentary (c) Indian Opinion, reusable with attribution. Facts belong to the linked sources. Cite: https://indianopinion.org/norway-mayor-drives-auto-rickshaw-in-gujarat-video-goes-viral/#story-in-brief How this brief was made: an AI model read the reports linked above and wrote this summary and analysis, which were published automatically. Published briefs are sampled every hour by an automated quality check; the editor verifies its findings and approves corrections, and corrected briefs carry a dated correction line. Stance labels are editorial classifications of how each outlet framed this story, assigned by the same model, not ratings of the outlets. We do no original reporting. Methodology: https://indianopinion.org/ai-use-policy/