To be honest I dont think that's the reason. They saw the TRPs sinking so they planned the leap. However most of the actors including Raquesh didn't want to play older characters onscreen so they decided the bring in an entirely new cast post leap,hence the reason they finished of Asya. Though if they wanted to show them dead,they should have done in a better way.It was crap the way they did it.
One more thing If Gul wanted to bring in another Asad post leap she could have done so but I think she wanted to start fresh all over again, with a completely new storyline,cast etc. I dont think it has anything to do with the acceptance of RV. And besides when RV came in,the rating went into 3+ TRP for a while until the storyline started deteriorating and thats where it dropped. :)
Edit: grammatical error😆
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