New Delhi, Jan. 30 -- Opposition members on Wednesday were united in objecting to the proposed omission of the 'waqf by user' clause in the Waqf Amendment Bill, contending that the provision existed since time immemorial.

Almost all opposition members of the parliamentary panel examining the Waqf Amendment Bill submitted dissent notes to the report of the joint committee on bill, claiming that the move would lead to excessive government interference in the functioning of the Waqf boards and was violative of the fundamental rights of the Muslim community.

In his dissent note to the report, AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi said the last-minute inclusion of the proviso to the clause omitting 'waqf by user' was "wholly unhelpful" as the princip...