In this show, Jodha is his soul mate,while Ruqu is his best friend. U know the more I dig up on JA, the more i find people trying to intentionally push her in the corner of the history book. Yes, Ruqu was very important in Akbar's life, and will be in the show too. Still, there was something between Jodha and Akbar which no one can deny. This why their stories has survived even after 500 years. She was more than his mother's heir, and I don't know why people are hell bent in proving their story wrong.