The BJP government in Madhya Pradesh is facing heat from Opposition parties over the Vyapam scam.

The Special Investigation team probing the Madhya Pradesh Professional Examination Board (MPPEB) or Vyapam scam in Bhopal has declared 34 MBBS students of Kanpur's Ganesh Shankar Vidyarthi Medical College as absconders and has announced a reward of 2,000 for information on them. The SIT has also put up posters across the medical college to nab them for their involvement in the multi-crore scam.

The students are among the 54 medical students from Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh and Bihar who had taken the PMT (Pre-Medical Test) in Madhya Pradesh while impersonating aspiring candidates. The remaining 20 students have already been arrested and sent to jail.

The scam had rocked the states of Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh as several big names were found involved in the racket.

Most of these students were linked to a coaching institute in Kakadev area of Kanpur which used to promise weak candidates admissions to medical colleges in Madhya Pradesh.

The Bhopal SIT also visited Jhansi, Saifai and Pratapgarh to nab some of the absconding students but did not succeed in its hunt.

Two students of Kanpur Medical College against whom a cash reward was announced have already completed their MBBS.