Indian makers are quite disappointing as far as characterization is concerned. They use the narrow technique to establish their ways of making things look different.
For example, lets take the example of Chulbul Pandey, he is a hero ? Yes, the movie assures you he is nothing less than robin-hood himself. Now ,in case they make a character like him in a soap serial, he will either be the honest of all officers in the town or eventually redeem himself with hte help of his heoine who herself is nothing less than mother India herself. For a reason, they cannot potray the exact picture. I dont understand why limit these characters ? Why an eternal love story is so important ? why can't they just show the way it is ?
In one show which cannot be named, one so called adarshwadi nani got extremely annoyed when her would be bahu danced on the number of character dheela. A few episodes later, she was founf dancing to the tunes of Oolla laa herself for this time the would be bahu was a desi girl.😆 They will go to the extent of showing the village girls with their extra larg pony tails and pale Salwar kurta and a pair of either mojdi or may be chappals have extreme levels of sanskar. On the other hand, one who is living in a city like Mumbai doesn't know anything about their own culture. Fora simple reason that they wear jeans and shorts, they have attained all the abilities of a devil.
This theory is applied to the characters depending upon which role they are playing. A vamp would uselessly try to trouble the heroine although that makes no sense at all and the heroine will do everything to save the reputation of that family which doesn't belong to her at all. on the top of this she will get humiliated for interfering into the family matters but she will argue and makers will have some background music like... dhadam.. dhadamm dhadam... and make you believe poking nose in private matters is the real sanskar of India.
Here, Sakshi was suppose to be younger to Suchitra but yet accomplished, stylish, cunning, smart , manipulative and not to forget powerful. So, instead of brushing that character, they bring forward a weak, kind- hearted, nice, docile jethani and a son who is just a male version of his mother. Her good nature is sharp contrast to that of the Evil Goenkas. This is the most effective way . It saves time and money. So, Indian shows have only two aspects : Good and Bad and nothing exists between them.
If we have to consider logic, I will go with atominis and wait until we know what happened to Dev's father. if his father died before or just after his birth,w e can understand his mother's dependency on Rajnath and his family. Its not only sound financial condition but also emotional security one requires to live a happy life.