Select the option that expresses the given sentence in indirect speech.

Ajay says, "There is going to be a snowfall."

Ajay says that there is going to be a snowfall.

The correct option is: Ajay says that there is going to be a snowfall.

The other options are incorrect because they do not follow these rules:

• Ajay says that there was going to be a snowfall. - This sentence changes the present tense to the past tense for the auxiliary verb "was," which is not necessary in this case.
• Ajay said that there is going to be a snowfall. - This sentence changes the reporting verb from "says" to "said," which is incorrect because the speaker is reporting what Ajay is saying in the present moment.
• Ajay said that there was going to be a snowfall. - This sentence changes both the reporting verb and the auxiliary verb to the past tense, which is also incorrect because the speaker is reporting what Ajay is saying in the present moment.