The BJP, with its allies, will form the next Assam government, Union Home Minister Amit Shah said today, promising that if given a chance to rule the next five years, his party would make the state "violence-free", "infiltrator-free", and "flood-free". He based his forecast on the Bodoland Territorial Council (BTC) victory his party scored last December in alliance with the hardliner United People's Party Liberal (UPPL). Speaking in Kokrajhar today, he also reiterated Prime Minister Narendra Modi's emphasis on ensuring the political and cultural welfare of the state's indigenous communities.