Think about it: Payal, Mandira, Arti (she did not want Mihir), Meera
and then, there is the second group, that wants to just destroy her for revenge: Ansh, Karan, Mohini, Tripti and Eklavya.
She is being made old and looks HORRIBLE in this post-2nd leap and her character makes no sense;
Ekta: You made alot of use of Smriti, when you cannot improve the standards of your own show and the most important character in your series, Tulsi, then why should she stay there? LEAVE SMRITI
b/c with her departure, the show's TRP ratings will go down and the show will end like KavyaAngili an Kahiin to Hoga (the latter show worked after Sujal left.. but it had to end eventually)