They can show her little distance from pakhi and only kaku mandli doing pakhi jaap but they ruined her beyond limits.
Okay, she loves virat more then Sai but now it is looking she just doesn't felt shame in teasing her with virat name.
We can't tell she is doing it for vinu's sake.
I didn't saw kd or any other version but there are shows where MIL stands with her DIL if they are right.
Ashwini is like those stepmoms who were acting good in front of stepson for gating power.
sai who never seen mother's love can't understand her manipulative nature and took her sugar coated word as love.