Parliament resigns Kh.Battulga from office of Minister

Ulaanbaatar /MONTSAME/ A majority of members present at a parliamentary plenary session meeting on Thursday voted in favor of resignation of Kh.Battulga from the office of the Industry and Agriculture Minister. Prior to this voting, a joint meeting of two standing committees on Agriculture and on Economy approved Wednesday the resignation request of Industry and Agriculture Minister Kh.Battulga. A majority or 14 members of 26 present then backed a relevant draft resolution of the Cabinet to resign Kh.Battulga from the office of the Industry and Agriculture Minister, and agreed to submit it to a parliamentary session meeting. A week ago, the Minister applied to the Cabinet with a resignation request from his current office of the Industry and Agriculture Minister.