diff --git a/app/client/packages/design-system/widgets/src/components/Markdown/src/styles.module.css b/app/client/packages/design-system/widgets/src/components/Markdown/src/styles.module.css
index 96036ed4d177..c0995e835b25 100644
--- a/app/client/packages/design-system/widgets/src/components/Markdown/src/styles.module.css
+++ b/app/client/packages/design-system/widgets/src/components/Markdown/src/styles.module.css
@@ -1,12 +1,6 @@
 .markdown {
   color: var(--color-fg);
 
-  &::after,
-  &::before {
-    /* This is required to remove the compensators of capsizing that comes up due to use of `wds-body-text` class */
-    content: none !important;
-  }
-
   table {
     border: var(--border-width-1) solid var(--color-bd);
     border-collapse: separate;
diff --git a/app/client/src/layoutSystems/anvil/integrations/sagas/anvilWidgetAdditionSagas/index.ts b/app/client/src/layoutSystems/anvil/integrations/sagas/anvilWidgetAdditionSagas/index.ts
index c121a4583586..730772a90e03 100644
--- a/app/client/src/layoutSystems/anvil/integrations/sagas/anvilWidgetAdditionSagas/index.ts
+++ b/app/client/src/layoutSystems/anvil/integrations/sagas/anvilWidgetAdditionSagas/index.ts
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ import log from "loglevel";
 import { generateDefaultLayoutPreset } from "layoutSystems/anvil/layoutComponents/presets/DefaultLayoutPreset";
 import { addWidgetsToPreset } from "layoutSystems/anvil/utils/layouts/update/additionUtils";
 import { addNewAnvilWidgetToDSL } from "./helpers";
+import { klona } from "klona";
 
 // The suggested widget functionality allows users to bind data from the Query pane
 // to a new or existing widget on the Canvas.
@@ -109,7 +110,8 @@ export function* getUpdatedListOfWidgetsAfterAddingNewWidget(
   isSection: boolean, // Indicates if the drop zone is a section
 ) {
   const { alignment, canvasId } = highlight;
-  const allWidgets: CanvasWidgetsReduxState = yield select(getWidgets);
+  const allWidgetsFromRedux: CanvasWidgetsReduxState = yield select(getWidgets);
+  const allWidgets = klona(allWidgetsFromRedux) as CanvasWidgetsReduxState;
 
   const parentWidgetWithLayout = allWidgets[canvasId];
 
diff --git a/app/client/src/layoutSystems/anvil/utils/layouts/update/sectionUtils.ts b/app/client/src/layoutSystems/anvil/utils/layouts/update/sectionUtils.ts
index 9a4f5df405eb..8cb4c9d4474e 100644
--- a/app/client/src/layoutSystems/anvil/utils/layouts/update/sectionUtils.ts
+++ b/app/client/src/layoutSystems/anvil/utils/layouts/update/sectionUtils.ts
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ import { addNewAnvilWidgetToDSL } from "layoutSystems/anvil/integrations/sagas/a
 export function* createSectionAndAddWidget(
   allWidgets: CanvasWidgetsReduxState,
   highlight: AnvilHighlightInfo,
-  widgets: WidgetLayoutProps[],
+  draggedWidgets: WidgetLayoutProps[],
   parentId: string,
 ) {
   /**
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ export function* createSectionAndAddWidget(
     yield call(
       addWidgetsToSection,
       updatedWidgets,
-      widgets,
+      draggedWidgets,
       highlight,
       sectionProps,
     );
diff --git a/app/client/src/layoutSystems/anvil/utils/layouts/update/zoneUtils.ts b/app/client/src/layoutSystems/anvil/utils/layouts/update/zoneUtils.ts
index acffc1094914..09cef911286e 100644
--- a/app/client/src/layoutSystems/anvil/utils/layouts/update/zoneUtils.ts
+++ b/app/client/src/layoutSystems/anvil/utils/layouts/update/zoneUtils.ts
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ export function* createZoneAndAddWidgets(
       updatedWidgets,
       draggedWidgets,
       highlight,
-      zoneProps,
+      zoneProps.widgetId,
     );
 
   return res;
@@ -68,13 +68,11 @@ export function* addWidgetsToZone(
   allWidgets: CanvasWidgetsReduxState,
   draggedWidgets: WidgetLayoutProps[],
   highlight: AnvilHighlightInfo,
-  zone: WidgetProps,
+  zoneWidgetId: string,
 ) {
   let updatedWidgets: CanvasWidgetsReduxState = { ...allWidgets };
-  const zoneProps = { ...zone };
-  const preset: LayoutProps[] = zoneProps.layout;
+  const preset: LayoutProps[] = updatedWidgets[zoneWidgetId].layout;
   let zoneLayout: LayoutProps = preset[0];
-  const { widgetId: zoneWidgetId } = zoneProps;
 
   /**
    * If dragged widget is a new widget,
@@ -86,7 +84,6 @@ export function* addWidgetsToZone(
     zoneWidgetId,
     draggedWidgets,
   );
-  zoneProps.children = updatedWidgets[zoneWidgetId].children;
 
   /**
    * Split new widgets based on type.
@@ -127,14 +124,11 @@ export function* addWidgetsToZone(
   /**
    * Update zone widget with the updated preset.
    */
-  zoneProps.layout = [zoneLayout];
+  updatedWidgets[zoneWidgetId].layout = [zoneLayout];
 
   return {
-    canvasWidgets: {
-      ...updatedWidgets,
-      [zoneProps.widgetId]: zoneProps,
-    },
-    zone: zoneProps,
+    canvasWidgets: updatedWidgets,
+    zone: updatedWidgets[zoneWidgetId],
   };
 }
 
@@ -219,7 +213,7 @@ function* moveWidgetsToNewLayout(
     widgets,
     transformMovedWidgets(widgets, movedWidgets, highlight),
     highlight,
-    zone,
+    zone.widgetId,
   );
 
   return canvasWidgets;