NEW DELHI: Congress has said the BJP-led Haryana government’s move to file an FIR against Robert Vadra was a “panicked reaction” by a ruling party on the verge of being elbowed out of power in Haryana.Congress spokesperson Randeep Surjewala said BJP’s 'fake news factory’ and ‘dirty tricks department’ had become active once again since elections to four states and General Elections, 2019 were drawing closer and were perpetuating what he said was a “malicious and vicious propaganda”.“To divert attention from the corruption saga of ‘Rafale Deal’, the scam of ‘Demonetization’, the 12 lakh crore ‘Loot’ through hike in prices of petrol/diesel, the failure to create 2 crore jobs every year, the rapidly falling rupee and failing economy & complete failure of governance of PM Modi-BJP Government; a new set of ‘manufactured lies’ is being served through false and fake FIRs against political opponents,” Surjewala said.The Congress leader also said that “clear facts” about the land deal between Robert Vadra’s company and DLF are “available in public domain” and that licenses were granted in “accordance with the prevailing government policy”. Surjewala said the licence issued to Vadra’s company remains valid till date and has not been cancelled on account of violation of any rule or law or policy for grant of licence. “The entire allegations are, thus, false and fabricated on the face of it,” he said.The Manohar Lal Khattar-led Haryana government had filed an FIR against Vadra was filed against the DLF, Vadra and former Haryana CM Bhupinder Singh Hooda on grounds that the land deal caused huge losses to the public exchequer.Alleging malice on the part of the BJP, the Congress also alleged on Sunday that even the Khattar government has issued numerous licences of over a few thousand acres for change of land use to commercial-residential-institutional and questioned why a similar FIR should not be lodged against CM Khattar for “giving commercial and other licences under the same policy”.“They are seeking to pre-empt the judgment of the High Court by registering an FIR after nearly five years without any basis or foundation,” Surjewala said.