Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray on Monday said the Mumbai 24x7 project should be introduced selectively and on an experimental basis, just four days after his son and tourism minister Aaditya Thackeray announced the project.

This was the first time the chief minister expressed his views on the project after it was annouced, a Times of India report read. "It would not be advisable to implement the nightlife proposal across the state, since each city has an independent culture. In my opinion, we can experiment it in Mumbai on a selective basis. I did not like the word 'nightlife'," Uddhav was quoted as saying in the report.