His grandson, Gokul Butail is Principal Advisor to Chief Minister, HP and also Joint Secretary of Indian National Congress.
[3] Butail was regarded as one of the masterminds in the state congress who gave new dimensions to the development of district Kangra.
He was regarded as one of the arch rivals of his own Chief Minister Yashwant Singh Parmar whom he accused of discrimination for the merged areas of state.
[2] Leaders like Mahatma Gandhi, Pandit Nehru, Sardar Patel visited his house many times owing to the closeness to his Uncle Kanhiya Lal Butail.
His younger brother Brij Behari Lal Butail has been a 5 time MLA from Palampur and is the current Speaker of the State Assembly.