Kolkata, Aug 31 - Accusing West Bengal's principal opposition Trinamool Congress of double standards, Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee Monday said the party was blaming his government for price rise but keeping mum in Delhi where it was part of the coalition government.

'This opposition party says the state's Left Front government should answer why prices of food items have gone up. But what about Delhi? Is there only fragrance of flowers there? Why is this party silent?' asked Bhattacharjee at a rally organised by the Left Front here.

The Trinamool is the second largest constituent of the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government at the centre.

Bhattacharjee, also a politburo member of Left Front major Communist Party of India - Marxist (CPI-M), claimed that prices of essential commodities in West Bengal were less than that in Delhi.