The Trinamool Congress today opposed the proposed increase in the prices of LPG and and other petroleum products saying a new burden of raised prices would hit the common people hard. It was recommended by an expert panel headed by former Planning Commission member Kirti Parikh yesterday.<br/><br/>Party chief Mamata Banerjee said the common people had already been affected too much by the food inflation to withstand a new burden of increased prices. She said in Kolkata that there has been an abnormal increase in the prices of essential commodities and she is against a fresh increase in the prices of petroleum products, especially LPG. Ms Banerji said, there is no need to implement all the recommendations of the Parikh panel. <br/><br/>Yesterday, a prime minister-appointed panel, which included members Finance Secretary Ashok Chawala and Oil Secretary S Sundareshan, submitted a report to Petroleum Minister Murli Deora suggesting freeing petrol and diesel prices and called for raising LPG rates by a steep 100 rupees per