India has pledged its support to the National Transitional Council, the NTC of Libya and expressed its willingness to extend all possible assistance to the people in their political transition. Foreign Secretary Ranjan Mathai told newspersons in New Delhi that India will support credentials of Libya in the forthcoming United Nations' General Assembly in New York. Mr Mathai said New Delhi is in touch with the NTC and that India will also participate in the high-level meeting on Libya to be held on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly on the 20th of this month. The meeting has been called by the UN Secretary General. The UN General Assembly yesterday voted to give Libya's seat in the world body to the country's rebel NTC that toppled Muammar Gaddafi. After Gaddafi withdrew credentials of his UN Ambassador Abdul Rahman Shalgham, Libya has had no official UN representative since March. Libya's authorities will name a new transitional government today that represents all people in the North African country. The Foreign Secretary said, India's committment to the Palestinian cause is well established and it will support UN resolution for Palestine's membership in the UN General Assembly. He said, India and like minded countries will work towards reforms in the UN Security Council. The Prime Minister, who will be in New York to attend the UN General Assembly meeting, has a busy schedule. Mr Mathai said, apart from addressing the world body, Dr. Manmohan Singh will hold several meetings including with BRICS, the IBSA and G-4 leaders. Libya's provisional government fighters yesterday faced stiff resistance from Gaddafi's loyalists in two key towns. National Transitional Council fighters encountered a barrage of rocket and artillery fire as they tried to push into Gaddafi's hometown of Sirte. The NTC fighters are also waging a fierce battle for Bani Walid, another stronghold of Gadhafi loyalists.