New Delhi, Dec 11 : The government is ready to run parliament on solar energy, Minister of New and Renewable Energy Farooq Abdullah said in the Lok Sabha Friday.

"We are ready to electrify parliament with solar energy," the minister said when Speaker Meira Kumar asked the minister to consider solar energy for parliament.

The house acknowledged the speaker's request and minister's reply by thumping of desks.

Abdullah asked the state governments to follow in the footsteps of West Bengal Governor Gopal Krishna Gandhi who uses solar energy in the raj bhavan in Kolkata. (IANS)