Former NCP State president and former Kendrapada MlA Utkal Keshari Parida withdrew his nomination papers as an Independent candidate for the Patkura Assembly constituency on the last day of withdrawal of nominations on Saturday.In the Kendrapada lok Sabha seat, after the withdrawal of nominations, seven candidates are now set to try their luck from the constituency. They are Baijayant Panda (BJD), Dharanidhar Nayak (Congress), Bishnu Prasad Das (BJP), Md Samim Aktar (AAP), Shekh Faruk (BSP) and Pramod Sahu and Sukumar Mallick (Independents).