Same was with Luv. Luv the day he started playing ,he started overshadowing the front runners. Luv became third most popular in terms of votes ,he used to defeat Vikas in polls too,but couldn't reach top 5. Though Asim is a far stronger player than luv and also huge fan following but and that is the main problem of makers. Haven't you noticed that he is rarely given main roles in tasks, hardly is the part of weekend tasks. He is always sidelined. Salman interacts with him very less despite he is one of the strongest contestants this season. With Arrhan, Vishal though they look like leaders but in terms of votes and popularity they are far behind Rashmi, so that's not a problem whereas with Asim, he is overshadowing her in both terms, popularity and screen space. Paras was in Rashmi's team, but only overshadowed her in terns of game play not in popularity outside so makers never had problems with him too being in opposite team.