``Of course, we intend to implement the report,'' Bhujbal told PTI when asked to spell out his Government's stand on the recommendations of the panel.

Bhujbal, who is here to attend the extended working committee of the Nationalist Congress Party, said ``at the moment we are preparing the ground work....Taking legal view.

``We have not forgotten the matter. But it is not a one-party government, any decision has to be taken only after taking all coalition partners into confidence."

The commission had held Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray and some other Sena leaders responsible for the violence.

Meanwhile, reiterating NCP's resolve to its opposition to Congress president Sonia Gandhi by promising support to any legislation barring persons of foreign originfrom holding high offices but justified supporting Congress in Maharashtra, party chief Sharad Pawar said ``If a legislation is brought in the Lok Sabha for barring persons of foreign origin from holding high offices, we will support it.''

Asked about NCP's decision to tie-up with Congress in Maharashtra, Pawar justified the stand saying it was aimed at fulfilling aspirations of the people who were fed up with the Shiv Sena-BJP combine.

He also said in his presidential address that the NCP was on the threshold of getting national party status on the basis of its performance in the recent elections and asserted that this was possible as people had supported the policies of the fledgling party. "If any party has got a positive mandate, it is the NCP alone," he said.

"Our party got support from the people on the foreign national issue as a result of which Congress strength came down from 140 to 112," he said adding that people had rejected Sonia's leadership.

Pawar said there was no substantial increasein the individual tally of BJP in the Lok Sabha though the party tried to exploit the Kargil situation to the hilt. "There is no change in BJP's ideology as is clear from the party's stand on Pope's visit and continuing attacks on Christian missionaries," he said.

Pawar said the situation in the Congress was worse as besides dynastic rule, the party was witnessing a coterie gaining strength.

Accusing the CPI(M) of coming in the way of formation of a strong third front, he said "CPI(M) is instrumental in damaging the third front."

He said NCP would make efforts to bring together all like-minded parties.The meeting, being attended among others by Deputy Chief Minister Chaggan Bhujbal, some of his Cabinet colleagues, and party general secretaries P A Sangma, Tariq Anwar and Praful Patel, began with a two-minute silence in memory of those killed in Orissa cyclone.

State NCP conclave begins today