Kathmandu, April 28 -- A day before the third Nepal Investment Summit, the main opposition Nepali Congress has expressed serious reservations over the government's ordinance approach to amending some important laws. The two-day investment summit kicks off on Sunday.

The party's attention has been drawn to the decision to amend some important laws through an ordinance by forwarding it to the President, Congress Chief Whip Ramesh Lekhak said in a statement on Saturday.

To attract investments into the country by removing the red tape, a Cabinet meeting on Tuesday decided to amend nine Acts through an ordinance and forwarded it to the President's Office late Friday for authentication. An ordinance becomes effective only with authorisation b...