So it begins. Chief Election Commissioner of India Sunil Arora pays  tributes to the COVID warriors, doctors, paramedics, nurses, researchers, scientists and all EC officials on election duty who are located on the frontline.  "In the thick of the pandemic, ECI started test trials with elections to 18 seats to Rajya Sabha. After that, came the challenge of the Bihar elections, it was indeed a watershed moment for ECI. It proved to be a litmus test," Arora says.