Choose the most appropriate Direct Speech of the given sentence in In…

The correct answer is Option (2) → Sawant said, "Let it rain, I have to leave."

Indirect to direct speech:

Change	Indirect	Direct	Why
Reporting verb	Sawant persisted that	Sawant said, “ ”	“Persisted that” becomes “said”, and the reported words go inside inverted commas.
Pronoun change	he	I	“He” becomes “I”, because Sawant is speaking.
Tense change	had to leave	have to leave	The past forms go back to the present: “had to leave” becomes “have to leave”.
Sense	he did not mind the rain	Let it rain	“He did not mind the rain” is given in its natural spoken form, “Let it rain”, which shows that he does not care about the rain.
Full sentence	Sawant persisted that he did not mind the rain and he had to leave.	Sawant said, “Let it rain, I have to leave.”

Example: She said that she had to catch a train. → She said, “I have to catch a train.”

Why the Other Options are Incorrect?

Option 1: Sawant told, "I don't mind the rain, I should leave." — Incorrect.

• "Told" needs a person as its object ("told me"). "Sawant told, ..." is ungrammatical.
• "Should leave" is advice, not the necessity of "had to leave".

Option 3: Sawant said, "Let it rain, I went." — Incorrect. "I went" is in the past tense and loses the necessity of "had to".

Option 4: Sawant said, "I did not care for rain, I will leave." — Incorrect. The past tense "did not care" is not changed back to the present, and "will leave" loses the sense of "had to".