Congress MP Ghulam Nabi Azad was stopped at Srinagar airport today after he landed in the city, which has been on a security lockdown since midnight Sunday to head off trouble over the centre's big decisions to end special status under Article 370 and to split the state into two union territories.

"He is being sent back by 3:30 pm flight. He was to attend a meeting and visit his home," said a Congress leader, who asked not to be named, according to ANI.