PRAYAGRAJ, May 3 -- Six candidates, including the sitting MP and BJP candidate for the Pratapgarh seat Sangam Lal Gupta, filed their nomination papers on Friday for the Pratapgarh Lok Sabha seat, which will be contested in the sixth phase of the general election.

The day also saw Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) candidate Prathamesh Mishra file his nomination papers at the Collectorate, submitting three sets of papers. He had previously filed one set of papers on May 1.

Additionally, Devi Prasad from the Janshanti Party, Ramsiddh Yadav from the Manavtawadi Samaj Party, Mahesh Kumar Prajapati from the Samajdar Party, and independent candidate Harikesh Bahadur Pandey each filed one set of nomination papers.

While two other independent candidate...