Jammu, June 10 (IANS) Seeking to quell talk about differences with alliance partner Congress, Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah of the National Conference Friday said the recent visit of Congress president Sonia Gandhi to the state was the best proof of the "harmonious relationship" between the two parties.

"That's the clearest example of the harmonious relationship between the National Conference and Congress," the chief minister told reporters on the sidelines of a function at Ranbir Singh Pura, 30 km west of Jammu.

Sonia Gandhi had visited Basholi, a hill town in the Jammu region last month, to lay the foundation stone of a bridge across the river Ravi that would connect Jammu and Kashmir with Punjab and Himachal Pradesh.

A reporter had asked Abdullah about the recent observation of Congress general secretary Digvijay Singh that he needed to improve his governance and cut short his weekend visits to Delhi, which was interpreted by a section of media as a sign of widening differences between the National Conference and the Congress.

Omar reiterated that the "relations were perfect between the two alliance partners and some doubts were figment of imagination of a section of media."

It may be recalled that Digvijay Singh had also clarified that he had not criticised Omar Abdullah but praised him for holding panchayat elections after a gap of three decades and increasing public contact.