She was the most realistic character of the show. She was a great mother, a terrifying businesswoman and an honest upfront woman at the same time. Plus when she became positive, she was the only character who had potential to be positive without fully being a Maa Bhakt. Plus she could be revealed as Malti Devi's estranged niece who was bitter about Malti giving up her child and thus making her Anuj's long lost cousin and maybe one of the few relatives of his who didn't have selfish motives. Since Ashish was about to exit anyway, they could have removed his character after Kinjal divorced him and show after 5 years leap that Rakhi Kinjal and Pari are living with Kapadias as business partners. Plus we don't eed a negative character who wants Upma's downfall. We need a positive character who could show Upma that she never had an uprise to begin with. Plus she could have become Upma's friend instead of Kavya but instead of being a bhakt, she is the one who calls her out. Upma RD friendship can happen but Upma Kavya friendship is forced.