In West Bengal, panchayat elections begin on May 11 and all eyes are on Nandigram where repeated clashes between the ruling CPM and the anti-SEZ group, the Bhoomi Uchched Pratirodh Committee, forced civil society to intervene. Actor and filmmaker Aparna Sen met the state election commissioner on Tuesday and told him that she and other members of the civil society would like to visit Nandigram as observers on poll day.