Nov. 23 (Bloomberg) -- India will make public this year a report on the 1992 demolition of an ancient mosque by a Hindu mob, the government said, after a newspaper reported that senior opposition politicians had been blamed in an official inquiry.

The destruction of the 16th-century Babri mosque in the northern town of Ayodhya sparked sectarian clashes in which about 2,000 people were killed. Protests by opposition Bharatiya Janata Party lawmakers stalled both houses of Parliament today after the Indian Express paper said the investigation had implicated top party leaders in the razing of the mosque.

A commission of inquiry headed by retired Supreme Court Judge M.S. Liberhan in June submitted its report to the government, nearly 17 years after it began work. The report will be presented to Parliament during the current session that ends on Dec. 21, Home Minister Palaniappan Chidambaram told lawmakers.

The report indicted BJP leaders including former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee and former Home Minister Lal Krishna Advani among others for the demolition of the mosque, the Indian Express said, without specifying how it obtained the commission’s report.

The Hindu-nationalist BJP built itself into a national power from the 1980s with a campaign to construct a temple at the site of the mosque. The movement helped the party come to power in 1996 and for a second time in 1998.

Hindus believe the site of the mosque was the birthplace of their god Ram and that a temple stood there until Muslim invaders destroyed it and built the Babri mosque.

The Liberhan commission was appointed by the government of Prime Minister P.V. Narasimha Rao of the Congress party. The current government is also a Congress-led coalition headed by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.

Both houses of parliament were adjourned as opposition members, including Advani, demanded the report be made public immediately. The demolition of the mosque was the “saddest day of the life,” he said, adding “I am proud of my association with the Ayodhya movement.”

To contact the reporter on this story: Bibhudatta Pradhan in New Delhi at bpradhan@bloomberg.net.

Last Updated: November 23, 2009 07:22 EST