While the Chauhan family prepares for the competition, Sujaan Singh's decision to nominate Sharda and Nirmala as judges upsets Nand Kishore and Sandhya. On learning of the Chief Minister's arrival, Sandhya hatches a plot to demean Sharda. She bribes a photographer to procure images of Sharda and the Chief Minister. Has the demon of defamation returned to haunt Sharda?