On 31 July, the Supreme Court had asked the CBI to take over the VYAPAM probe and had also directed the CBI to complete the take over of the case in three weeks’ time. Ajay Dubey told The Quint:

There are 215 FIRs in the VYAPAM Scam with a list of 2,600 accused in the case. While the CBI claims they have taken over 107 FIRs, what they have actually done is its translation from Hindi to English. These are all delaying tactics. 78 FIRs still remain to be touched. The CBI is deliberately delaying taking the handover from the Madhya Pradesh Special Task Force (STF).

— Ajay Dubey, Whistleblower to The Quint

Earlier during the press conference, VYAPAM whistleblowers launched a pointed attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chauhan. They questioned why the PM, while addressing a gathering in Bhopal before inaugurating the three-day Vishwa Hindi Sammelan (World Hindi Conference) remained silent on the VYAPAM issue which is a political hot potato in the state.The whistleblowers also raised several questions over the release of DMAT and VYAPAM scam accused Yogesh Uprit.

The whistleblowers also raised several questions over the release of DMAT and VYAPAM scam accused Yogesh Uprit who had allegedly confessed that every successive Health Minister under CM Shivraj Chouhan was paid a bribe of 10 crore rupees. No chargesheet was filed against Uprit in the 90-day custody period and he has been granted bail.