My eyes are on the clock dials and I will not allow the train to get delayed," Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray said seemingly hinting at the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) whose symbol is the clock, as he flagged the iconic Deccan Queen train from Mumbai CSMT on Saturday. It was Thackeray's first visit to Mumbai CSMT to inaugurate bird sanctuary photographs on the legendary train as a part of a Maharashtra Tourism Development Corporation (MTDC) event. With no other political party representative present, it turned out be a Shiv Sena event.

A photographer at heart, Thackeray said such photos of Maharashtra's pride should be put up on all national trains to promote tourism in the state. The railway station was decked up with a red carpet and had tight security. His son and Worli MLA Aaditya Thackeray and Sena ministers Subhash Desai and Eknath Shinde were present on stage along with Thackeray's personal assistant Milind Narvekar.