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Question
Rewrite the following in Indirect speech. Do it in your notebook.
“Pitaji”, Take back your money, I am not going to marry this man.” “Bholi, are you crazy?” shouted Ramlal.
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Solution
Bholi asked her father, to take back his money. She announced that she was not going to marry that man. Ramlal shouted at her asking whether she was crazy.
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