The letter was immediately sent to the Prime Minister's office, and harried officials at the PMO immediately faxed it to the Indian embassy in Washington, hours before Dr Singh was due to meet US president Barack Obama. It was later after midnight in Washington, when the Rahul 'bombshell' reached the PM's aides.
By that time, Murlia Deora and his supporter Priya Dutt had already tweeted their opposition to the ordinance.
And then, the core team of Rahul decided to drop the bombshell. It so happened, that Ajay Maken, head of Congress media department, had agreed for a Meet the Press at the Press Club of India on Raisina Road three days ago, and Rahul's advisers thought, this was the right time and place to drop the bombshell.
The timing was of the essence: The bombshell was dropped exactly two days before Narendra Modi was due to address a huge BJP rally at Japanese Park in Delhi's Rohini (Sunday), and was expected to slam the government on this ordinance issue.
